Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Day 118: London, Stonehenge, Bath, Salisbury
September 21: Woke up early to take an all-day guided tour to Stonehenge, Bath and Salisbury.
First, drove along the outskirts of London, including passed the 'home of rugby' - Twickenham Stadium - and some exclusive suburbs such as Richmond, before arriving at Stonehenge mid morning. Sunny was shining so the stones looked wonderful.
Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old, is a World Heritage listed site and is known for its series of stones, designed in a way that reflect one of the earliest sites of human civilisation. It is believed a temple to the moon and stars once stood here, but unfortuntaely some stones were stolen over the years, so now the building is incomplete.
The grass mounds around Stonehenge contain human bones dating back over 5,000 years as well.
We then drove to Salisbury... passed an exclusive boys school where the juniors are trained to sing in the choir at the cathedral. Did a tour of Salisbury Cathedral and the Magna Carta chapter. Very nice inside but I think I'm a little over cathedrals!
Had lunch in a little cottage/pub but unfortunately didn't get to see much else of the town.
Then headed to Bath... very pretty town. The river, canal boats, bridges and more importantly the Abbey and Roman Baths.
The Roman Baths were very interesting... smell of sulphur, similar to a lot of other Roman baths around the world, but this is one of the oldest. A temple and community house once stood on this site too. The Abbey was very pretty, nicer that the one in Salisbury (on the inside anyway).
Drove passed Bristol from afar before making our way back to London.
Got there in good time, so decided to head to Leceister Square and saw the famous play (in its 53rd year) - "The Mousetrap" - for a mere £10.
Headed home afterwards.
First, drove along the outskirts of London, including passed the 'home of rugby' - Twickenham Stadium - and some exclusive suburbs such as Richmond, before arriving at Stonehenge mid morning. Sunny was shining so the stones looked wonderful.
Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old, is a World Heritage listed site and is known for its series of stones, designed in a way that reflect one of the earliest sites of human civilisation. It is believed a temple to the moon and stars once stood here, but unfortuntaely some stones were stolen over the years, so now the building is incomplete.
The grass mounds around Stonehenge contain human bones dating back over 5,000 years as well.
We then drove to Salisbury... passed an exclusive boys school where the juniors are trained to sing in the choir at the cathedral. Did a tour of Salisbury Cathedral and the Magna Carta chapter. Very nice inside but I think I'm a little over cathedrals!
Had lunch in a little cottage/pub but unfortunately didn't get to see much else of the town.
Then headed to Bath... very pretty town. The river, canal boats, bridges and more importantly the Abbey and Roman Baths.
The Roman Baths were very interesting... smell of sulphur, similar to a lot of other Roman baths around the world, but this is one of the oldest. A temple and community house once stood on this site too. The Abbey was very pretty, nicer that the one in Salisbury (on the inside anyway).
Drove passed Bristol from afar before making our way back to London.
Got there in good time, so decided to head to Leceister Square and saw the famous play (in its 53rd year) - "The Mousetrap" - for a mere £10.
Headed home afterwards.
# posted by mishij @ 12:33 PM 
